Grade 1 ELA Practice Test: Phonics, Sight Words and Sentences
- Phonics, Sight Words and Sentences
- 10 questions
- 15 minutes
Ten questions on letter sounds, rhymes, sight words and writing a correct sentence. Tip: say each word out loud before you choose.
Tap an option to mark your answer. You can change your mind, or tap the same option again to leave the question blank. The correct answers and explanations appear when you finish the test.Tap an option to answer; tap it again to leave the question blank.
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Question 1
Which word rhymes with cat?
Correct answer: A
Cat and hat both end with the sound "at." Cap starts like cat but does not end the same way.
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Question 2
Which word begins with the same sound as ship?
Correct answer: D
Ship and shoe both begin with the "sh" sound. Sip begins with just "s."
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Question 3
Which word has the long a sound, like in cake?
Correct answer: B
In rain, the letters "ai" say the long a sound, as in cake. Cap, man and hat have the short a sound.
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Question 4
Add the letter e to the end of kit.
What new word do you make?
Correct answer: C
A silent e at the end makes the i say its name: kit becomes kite.
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Question 5
How many syllables are in the word rabbit?
Correct answer: B
Clap it: rab-bit. That is two claps, so rabbit has 2 syllables.
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Question 6
Which word finishes the sentence?
I ____ a red ball.
Correct answer: C
With I we say "I have." "I has," "I are" and "I is" are not correct English.
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Question 7
Which sentence is written correctly?
Correct answer: D
A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with an end mark. "The dog runs fast." has both. The others are missing the capital letter, the period or both, or put a capital in the middle.
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Question 8
We went to the park with max.
Which word needs a capital letter?
Correct answer: A
Max is a person's name, and names always start with a capital letter. Park is not a name here.
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Question 9
Which word finishes the sentence?
I have one box. You have two ____.
Correct answer: A
For words that end in x, add -es to mean more than one: box, boxes.
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Question 10
Which sentence should end with a question mark?
Correct answer: D
"Where is my hat" asks something, so it needs a question mark: Where is my hat? The others tell or ask someone to do something.
Questions you leave blank are not counted as wrong.
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